Field Recruiter Skilled Trades (Bilingual English/Spanish)
$50,000$80,000 base + performance bonus · Full-time · Wappingers Falls, NY (field-based across the Hudson Valley, Westchester & Fairfield County, CT, & Northern NJ)
This is a recruiting job for someone who hates sitting at a desk. The best tradespeople in our industry are not scrolling job boards or responding to help-wanted ads. They are already working, learning in trade schools, talking shop at supply houses at 7 a.m., or connected through crews and trusted industry relationships. We are looking for a driven, boots-on-the-ground recruiter who can understand our positions, expectations, and required skill sets; actively find the best talent in our market; clearly communicate why Neave Outdoor is a great place to build a career; and turn those relationships into great hires who stay.
What youll actually do
Spend 23 days a week in the field: service area recruiting such as in areas where people are working, delis, gas stations, supplier-counter mornings, trade schools and BOCES programs, workforce agencies, career events, and community networks across our territory
Run direct outreach to experienced technicians and skilled tradespeople in English and Spanish
Drive our employee referral program so every crew in every division sends you names
Screen for the thing that matters most in our trades: reliability and verify the rest: certifications, licenses (including CT SP-2), driving records, and real hands-on experience
Partner with hiring managers in every division on staffing needs, interviews, and same-day feedback
Move fast our process runs contact-to-offer in under a week, and you own the funnel
Report real numbers weekly: prospects, conversations, screens, assessments, offers, hires
Two ways into this job and were hiring at both levels
Proven recruiter ($65,000$78,000 base): Youve recruited skilled trades, construction, field service, or light industrial agency or in-house and you can show us the funnel numbers to prove it. Youll take over a fully built recruiting system and run it from day one.
Hungry convert ($45,000$58,000 base): You come from outside sales, route sales, staffing coordination, or the trades themselves maybe youve led crews and people naturally trust you. Youve never had the title recruiter, but you live on outbound conversations and follow-up. Well teach you recruiting with a complete playbook; you bring the drive. Clear path to the top of the range as you produce.
Non-negotiables at either level
Fluent Spanish and English, valid drivers license, and genuine comfort with outbound work approaching people who arent looking, hearing no, and staying likable.
What you get
Your base plus a bonus for every hire who stays past 90- 180 days so building teams that last, pays you directly. A monthly field budget you control no permission slips to buy coffee for a supply counter. Medical, dental, 401(k). And Neave Outdoor is a 53-year-old, multi-division company (pools, landscape, construction, snow, holiday décor) where the people you hire can work year-round if they choose which makes your pitch honest and your job easier.
How we hire for this role
Well ask you to show us the work a simple sourcing plan, a sample outreach message, and a five-minute role-play where you recruit a happily employed technician. If that sounds fun instead of terrifying, youre probably our person.
To apply
Send a résumé, or skip it and just message us about the hardest-to-fill role you ever closed or the hardest sale you ever won. We respond within one business day.
Offered compensation: $50,000/yr - $80,000/yr
Experience and License Requirements
- Construction Industry (optional)
- CT SP-2 (optional)
- Outside Sales (optional)
- Skilled Trades Recruitment